In this paper, we focus on the spatial proximity between firms and their partners as a determinant of firms agglomeration process, which can still be observed in spite of the diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies. Using a regional French survey addressed by INSEE in 2003 to 850...

In this paper, we analyze the cooperative relations of firms, in term of knowledge diffused and shared, proximities between partners, and modes of diffusion. An empirical investigation is undertaken near 348 firms. The results are consistent with the literature: the distance, the virtual...